Michael Cuestas independent film L.I.E., a gay-themed suburban teen drama, has lost its appeal to the MPAA Classification and Rating Administration for an R rating, according to indieWIRE.com. The vote was 84 against. Jeff Lipsky, copresident of Lot 47, the films distributor, sent a Dear Friend letter to the press along with a tape of the scenes in question from L.I.E. The scenes involve a man having sex with a woman from behind and archival porn images that suggest, but dont actually show, a woman performing oral sex. The tape also included scenes from recent R-rated films such as Boogie Nights, Titus, and Braveheart to underscore the arbitrary nature of the administrations judgments. Lipsky notes, When you make the face-to-face comparisons of other R-rated dramas, which are sheer exercises in human degradation and butchery, and place them side by side against [L.I.E.], you have to be nonhuman to suggest that this is not suitable for some teenagers with parental supervision! There are no plans to cut the film for its theatrical release in the fall; it will either go out unrated or with the NC-17 rating. There will, however, be a censored version released on video since, as Lipsky explains, Blockbuster Video will not carry unrated or NC-17 rated films.